St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-19
AMONG CHURCHES.
EVENTS OF INTEREST ENGAGING
TIE RELIGIOUS WORLD
Over Twelve Millions of Dollars Raised
Annually for the support of Missions
Large Numbers of Conyerts-Spurgeon's

Large Numbers OF ConEerts-Spurgeon'
Church Secedes from the Baptist Union.
We see plenty to DISCOURAGE Us when
we take a glance at the mOralitics of the
nations, and find all EuroDe armed 70 the
teeth, each ready to do its part in the
great struggle Of the giants which seems
destined to break the worlds peace be-
| fore long. And vet the shield has 4
bright, shining side; and despite the
stinginess of human nature and the
! closed condition Of many pockets. when
we turn and take a glance missionwarl
the outlook is certainly cheering. Thu,
we find 1000 ordained missionaries, 10
laymen and 300 women who have been
sent out by the Protestant Christian, Of
britain, America, and the continent Of
Europe, into all parts Of the heather
and Nohammcdan world These G,2:,D
messengers are now preaching the
everlasting Gospel in twenty times Il,
many languages as were spoken on the
Day Of prntecU.t Tvrnty-.nynn thn,-
,a,,l native, .l,,,,.l,.., ou, o,,,..,.,.,
"'''4 F''''' d. '' an eiI9'9 ~ lItIl own
colhiTyheh, ana @,3Vo are 0rdatned pas
tors Of native congregations. Many vol
untarv workers rive themselves WILLINGLY
IN evanroli,tic ,vorl, and ,,o,,,. .l7,,
,o,d,af toa'ar,o,. .,,',
'1'N' P'',N' US a. TIL
pioNcu III the more secular put lmpor-
tant work Of teaching the young in
schools and cOllegeS. In America and
Great Britain and on the continent 40
o7n 600 i ro;.o1 70 s,,,,,,or+ .to ,,a.;
rl
0'ii' '-0Iop'"" oil" ii"'I'e a5eH'S' anu ~
cover All expenses connected with the
work at home and abroad. Of this SUM
fully 1880 600 is raised in America. nv
mora than +ftv n,;.siorar,- sooio.;a.
VIZ h,,~.luas .,.,,,.,,
Nlle L0il"leu tIloUsaA" "ollaIs Is COZ
Iected by the thlrty-1our socletle- tom
all the natonalities on the continent.
Nineteen societies heIonginp to the ralig.
ions hoa;o, - E,,-1o,,ao I'D Soa,1o.d
- .''ll0 anu 0'iaii0 "!S0
dlnuallS sf'''o''oo' White twenty socle-
lis'o t VI .l'IlI oolieCe Iol tlle
bodies $3.50 600 q vear Firht HUNDRED
and seventy thousand adults, con-
verts from among the heathens, are
now III communion with the thurch or
lIlis. 1s 'ne NJ. VI lole:tant NE
and denendants forn3 Chri.tian con1n1,,.
mites Scattered over almost every nor
ton of the habitable globe, numbering
IN the aggregate at least 2,SoOOOO souls
W. tlio"S"h" I'VE IluH"ieu vi t1tse
Cnsnol nlanod nrar CLr;.+ia, do,,e, ~. sla0
tons: .. 600 are emnloyed AZ eyanGe)iSts
to their heather feIlow-cOuntrvmen, and
a large number are acting as voluntary
acents in preaching and TEACHING in
Sunday schools, and engaged in otherv
works of Christian usefulness. The
children of these converts, with a large
number of the children Of the heather.
are receiving secular and religious in
struction in day-schools And really
mission work is but in its infancy.
When we look ahead and see both the
possibilities and the probabilities of the
future, we can only thank God and take
courage and say, Thus far hath the
Lord helped us,''-EyrLunos
,. -.
N'hoN : SCI EesloN.
Inc announcement made by Mr.. spur
geon that he and his church withdrew
from the Baptist Union will not occasion
much SUNRISE TO some who have of late
,t-or-o1 H. $500 - 49,. d.
:" VIC !. n'' VI ai'''le III 'n0 zap
'ls' denomination. MI opur5eoh mas
repeatedly expressed his dissatisfaction
at the federation of loose doctrine in his
denomination. and no donbt that de-
non,ina,ion hos hoon aeootod rnoro ~
,i'''l'tl''i0n na' 0e.l "i'eN' eu ni0'. "a
less as 'he o'hef denominations nave 4
been by the current theological dis AA
cussions of the past twenty years. Mr.. y
Sturgeon accompanies his retirement
with the following six allegations: That :
some persons are allowed to remain in
the union who make light of the atone
ment, deny the personality of the Holy
Ghost, call the fall fable, speak of JUS
titication by faith as immoral, refuse ere
1o,oo :, +bo aolr,,,, 90 1o,,,r.- ;,o,;ra
~ uoSa 20 Pi'A"y
tioh VI the Iloiy scriptures, anu Lo1u 'na'
wy, o;h;1;.;d ~ s'.t.'n ro,t;t,,t;on
"i'n -, po1 1o 40 u iueuie 49,
" VI, NC u.s. ~ opuiSeo IN say tt,c'
On ullo " 1ooA Inv ,.;n.;n
H1d;ats y. e'l hd1 t,is th ~ some -
.ho aot Iiliel' "s WHY; ,nous 1o
tllC CHdl9 " Ill NC iielu as VI 1ooo ~